David Morrison
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B.A. Law with extensive knowledge of and expertise in English Literature, History, and Philosophy.
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Answered a Question in The Other Wes Moore
While this question is ultimately asking for your opinion, many would argue that Wes's sister did not make a good decision by not snitching on him for cutting school, as in doing so, she's acting... -
Answered a Question in The Other Wes Moore
Violence, or the threat of violence, is seldom excusable, but in this particular case, it's difficult to see what else Tony could've done under the circumstances. Tony knows from personal... -
Answered a Question in The Other Wes Moore
One could argue that when Sergeant Austin gives Wes a map to escape from Valley Forge, he is not being a supportive peer but rather trying to teach him a lesson. Sergeant Austin deliberately gives... -
Answered a Question in The Other Wes Moore
After his girlfriend Alicia gets pregnant, the other Wes Moore's life changes in that he has to take responsibility for her and their child. When Wes finds out that Alicia is pregnant, he's rocked... -
Answered a Question in The Other Wes Moore
Wes has changed since starting military school by becoming disciplined, focused, and more mature. When Wes Moore starts at Valley Forge Military Academy, he hates the place, and it's not long... -
Answered a Question in The Man to Send Rain Clouds
Leon doesn't tell the priest the truth about the old man Teofilo's death because, as he later tells Father Paul, it isn't necessary. Not long after Leon and Ken have found Teofilo's dead body... -
Answered a Question in Antigone
One could argue that Antigone is the protagonist in the play named after her because most of the events that happen in the play, certainly the most important events, come about as a result of her... -
Answered a Question in The Story of an Hour
The conclusion that one can reach, based on the themes of the story, is that the institution of marriage can all too often be a prison, especially for women, who can easily find themselves under... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
The main global issue in act 4, scene 2 of Macbeth is the corruption of the soul that absolute power tends to bring. By the time we reach this scene of the play, Macbeth has become the absolute... -
Answered a Question in Civil Disobedience
Thoreau's main justification for civil disobedience is that there is a higher law than the laws of the state, that we owe our primary allegiance to this higher law, and that if governments violate... -
Answered a Question in The Story of an Hour
The main theme related to marriage explored in “The Story of an Hour” is how it can be a trap for women, narrowing their horizons and keeping them in a state of subjectivity. That's certainly the... -
Answered a Question in History
Americans would regard the Compromise of 1850 as a final solution to the sectional controversy that began with the Wilmot Proviso of 1846 as it had the support of politicians from both sides of the... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
An important event from The Great Gatsby is the hit-and-run killing of Myrtle Wilson by Daisy Buchanan. Myrtle has just had an almighty row with her husband, George. When she sees Gatsby's yellow... -
Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies
An overweight boy who wears spectacles, Piggy is a figure of fun for most of the other boys. They tease him mercilessly, treating him with utter contempt and disrespect. Whatever his shortcomings,... -
Answered a Question in Pygmalion
Eliza's personality has undoubtedly changed as a result of the bet in that she's become more assertive and self-confident. That being the case, she now feels able to challenge Professor Higgins,... -
Answered a Question in Beowulf
A good thesis statement for how Beowulf was a hero could be the following: "Beowulf becomes a hero through showing his courage and strength in taking on monsters." According to the Anglo-Saxon... -
Answered a Question in Refugee
These words are spoken by a boy, a member of the Hitler Youth. He sees that Josef is outside the compartment of the train reserved for Jews. Josef has left his compartment to explore the train.... -
Answered a Question in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft makes a powerful argument for women's rights primarily on the basis of natural equality between women and men. At the time that... -
Answered a Question in The Custom of the Country
A distinctive feature of the language used in the novel The Custom of the Country is its informative quality. Doubtless aware that most of her readers do not move in the same rarefied social... -
Answered a Question in Edgar Allan Poe
Gargano's main argument in "The Question of Poe's Narrators" is that Edgar Allan Poe and his narrators are not, contrary to what many literary critics have argued, synonymous and that Poe's... -
Answered a Question in Boy
Fagging is a practice in elite, fee-paying British schools in which junior boys are made to run errands for those in the senior year. As a boy attending an English public school—an elite,... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
Aunt Alexandra's presence influences the Finch family in To Kill a Mockingbird in many different ways, and she would likely argue that she brings some semblance of order to the previously laid-back... -
Answered a Question in Literature
In "Blue Winds Dancing" by Tom Whitecloud, the author examines his cultural heritage by contrasting it with white North American civilization. The narrator of the story is well placed to make such... -
Answered a Question in Far from the Madding Crowd
Arguably the most distinctive feature of language in the novel Far From the Madding Crowd is its extraordinary clarity. In writing the novel, Hardy would doubtless have been aware that the vast... -
Answered a Question in Siegfried Sassoon
In setting out to write an argumentative essay about Siegfried Sassoon's World War I poetry, you could compare and contrast his work to those of other war poets, such as Wilfred Owen and Rupert... -
Answered a Question in Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Caitlin hides her PTSD, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, from the world. When she was eight years old, she saw a girl fall to her death at a shopping mall. Such a traumatic, tragic event had a... -
Answered a Question in The Fault in Our Stars
A good thesis statement for The Fault in Our Stars is that though life may be transient, it is nonetheless possible to deepen our experience of it by forming close personal relationships. Life... -
Answered a Question in Othello
One of the most important motivations behind Iago's hatred of Othello is his unfounded belief that his wife, Emilia, is having an affair with Othello. The relevant quotation in this regard comes... -
Answered a Question in In Memoriam
Life and death are represented in Tennyson's In Memoriam as in constant tension. Despite the death of Hallam and the enormous impact it has on Tennyson, there is an underlying hope in renewed life,... -
Answered a Question in Bless Me, Ultima
Ultima is referring to the spirit that she believes suffuses all nature. According to Ultima's belief system, everything in the world around us is alive, animated by a spirit that makes everything... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
The time that the jury is out is important because it shows that there is at least one juror who is unconvinced of Tom Robinson's guilt. Ordinarily in this time period, when a Black man is accused... -
Answered a Question in Leda and the Swan
In the poem “Leda and the Swan” by W. B. Yeats, the poet seeks to demonstrate how one event can have dramatic repercussions throughout human history. The highly unpleasant event depicted in the... -
Answered a Question in Miguel Street
In chapters 1–3 of Miguel Street, masculinity is portrayed through Bogart's adopting the persona of a gangster, Popo's sponging off his wife, and George's beating his wife and children. In all... -
Answered a Question in Citizen
Rankine's work connects with W. E. B. du Bois's concept of double consciousness in that it provokes her into exploring the common feeling of many African Americans that they look at themselves... -
Answered a Question in The Pot of Gold
The contemporary society depicted in The Pot of Gold by Plautus is rigidly hierarchical, one in which rich men are firmly in control and women and slaves occupy a subordinate position. It says... -
Answered a Question in Warriors Don't Cry
Melba used her diary and newspaper clips in the book to convey a sense of immediacy and make the events through which she lived and that she helped to shape more real. These primary sources are... -
Answered a Question in The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963
The overriding theme of The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963 is the power of family. Despite encountering many difficulties throughout the book, the eponymous Watson family remains bound tightly... -
Answered a Question in Sizwe Banzi Is Dead
One scene from the play involves the mimicry of Baas Bradley by Styles, which is the only way that a Black man in apartheid-era South Africa can in any way challenge the prevailing racial... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
A good thesis statement regarding prejudice for a literary analysis essay on To Kill a Mockingbird might be “Prejudice is the dominant characteristic of the townsfolk of Maycomb.” This is a fairly... -
Answered a Question in The Hate U Give
One of the most important moments in The Hate U Give is when Starr plucks up the courage to testify before a grand jury concerning the shooting of Khalil by a police officer. What's particularly... -
Answered a Question in Inherit the Wind
Brady's response is so important to what Drummond's trying to establish because it highlights the many absurdities that follow from a literalist interpretation of the Bible. It also exposes the... -
Answered a Question in Twelfth Night
Love and lovers are an essential part of Twelfth Night, which is a romantic comedy after all. However, the kind of love depicted in the play isn't always as romantic as the characters would like.... -
Answered a Question in The Guest
The social and historical context of “The Guest” is French colonial North Africa in the mid-twentieth century. Up until the 1960s, the French had extensive colonies throughout the world, including... -
Answered a Question in Age of Iron
Mrs. Curren uses the term “cruciform logic” to explain her Christlike behavior in allowing a homeless boy, John, to stay in her house, whereas “the belly of the whale” refers to the story of Jonah... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
What makes Old Major's speech so persuasive and successful is that it is perfectly geared to his audience of simple farm animals. Although his speech does contain elements of logos, an appeal to... -
Answered a Question in The Underground Railroad
Throughout the course of The Underground Railroad, Cora develops into a brave, fearless young woman prepared to do anything to achieve freedom, irrespective of the enormous risks involved. Though... -
Answered a Question in An Inspector Calls
The quotation means that Mr. Birling is a practical, unsentimental businessman, a man with a brutally realistic outlook on life. This is just the kind of person we'd expect a successful businessman... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
One of the most important and impactful passages in Animal Farm comes right at the end of the book: The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and it was impossible to say... -
Answered a Question in Boy
The headmaster most probably smokes his pipe during a flogging because beating boys is second nature to him, so he can carry on much the same way as he ordinarily would. That means, among other... -
Answered a Question in There Will Come Soft Rains
The narrative writing technique that most develops and advances the theme through the course of the text is personification. Personification, as shown most clearly in the automated house, is used...
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